Thank you to my amazing beta AreiaCananaid
It's been almost a year since the training incident, since then, I have pretty much stayed on Yondu's good side. He had taken me on a few training missions, which had turned out great. He even started teaching me to fly the ship, I have to say, this year has been the best. Today has been pretty boring. All I've done is sat in my room, listening to my Walkman. I wanted to do something, but, there was nothing to do.
"Peter," Yondu opened my door, "we're about to land. Kraglin will take you around, so you can burn off some energy. I don't want you leaving his side."
"Yes sir." I grabbed my bag, then jumped off the bed.
"We have a job that we're doing, it should only take a couple of hours. If you and Kraglin run out of things to do, I want you to come back here to wait for us." He paused a second, listening to something. "Come on, lets meet up with the others."
"Yes sir," I shoved my Walkman into my bag, as I followed him out to where the others were at.
"This job may lead up to a bigger job. That is, if we do this job right. If that happens, the other job is worth about 60 thousand units." Yondu said, he turned to where Kraglin was standing. "We are relying on this job. Don't lose the kid this time, I don't have the time trying to hunt him down." He turned to where I was at. "Stay with him!" He used his tone that left no room for argument.
"Yes sir, I'll stay with him." My face heated up, as I heard a couple of the crew chuckling.
"Good," he faced the open door that led outside, "move out."
"Peter," Kraglin waked over to my side. "I was thinking of checking out the shops, that way if you want to get something, you can." With that, he walked out of the ship. "Whatever you do, do not leave my side. There are a couple of bad groups out here, I don't want one of them grabbing you. If you try to blow up another trashcan, you will see a side of me that you won't like. If you get chased by Nove Corps, you will be in big trouble. Do I make myself clear?"
I gave a quick nod, "yes sir." We walked by couple of guys, one of them was fiddling with a knife. They looked up, staring at us. "I think we should stay at the ship," I said.
"If you stay in the ship any longer, you'll go crazy. You're pacing has gotten on Yondu's nerves." He laid his arm protectively over my shoulder, glaring at the guys. "If you stay with me, you'll be safe. I won't let anyone hurt you." The path that we were on led to a small area with lots of people.
"This place is so noisy," I complained, I could barely hear myself think!
"Yes it is," he walked into a shop, it looked like it was full of anything and everything. "You can leave my side to look for things, just don't leave the store."
"Yes sir," I walked over to a shelf where a girl was standing. It felt like my stomach hit the ground. Dressed all in pink, she was gorgeous, with silky strawberry red hair and crystal blue eyes that practically glowed.
"Huh?" She turned around, "oh, hey." Her blue eyes seemed to sparkle in the lights.
"I'm Peter, I saw you standing here and thought I should say hi." I could feel my face heat up. I cringed as I realized how stupid I sounded. She laughed like an angel. A beautiful, perfect ... Get a grip, Peter, get a grip.
"I'm Lilth it's nice to meet you. I'm about to step outside to get some fresh air, would you like to join me?"
I looked over to where Kraglin was looking at stuff, stepping outside for a second couldn't hurt anything, could it? "Sure, but, I can't stay out for to long."
"That's fine, it will only be a few minutes." She said, smiling at me, which made my heart skip a beat. I watched as she walked out of the shop with a shake to her hips that ought to be illegal and in some planets it probably was. She really was beautiful. I didn't know what it was about her hair, but it really made me want to touch it. It just looked so soft and smooth. It probably smelled good too.
I followed Lilith, as she walked outside. "How long have you been here?" She asked me.
"Not long, only a few minutes, you?"
She leaned up against the wall, "I've been here a few years now. My mom is from Tera and my dad is from here. After convincing my mother, we ended up moving here." She smiled at me, making my heart melt.
"My..uh..mother and father is also from Terra," I said, stumbling over my words.
"Really? That's great, it's been a while since I've met someone else from Terra. Do you miss it?"
I hesitated a second, the pain of losing my mother was still there. "I kind of miss it, but, I have nothing there, my family is here. My mother passed away a couple of years back." I said in a low voice.
"I'm sorry to hear that," she grabbed my arm, pulling me close to her. My heart seemed to pound faster. "I can make all your problems go away," she leaned close to me, then kissed me on the lips. Everything inside me seemed to stop. I laid my arms on her shoulder, kissing her back.
"HELP!" She yelled, making me jump back. "He's trying to rape me."
"What!" I took a step back as some officers ran at me. "I wasn't doing anything, she grabbed me."
"Likely story." One of the guys grabbed me, then shoved me into the wall, he handcuffed me.
"Kraglin," I yelled to as he walked out of the building.
"Where are you taking him?" Kraglin asked.
"We are taking him to a holding cell" The officer said, before roughly pushing me along. I could feel tears threatening to fall. It felt as if my heart was about to beat out of my chest. Yondu's going to kill me! I thought. After what seemed like forever, we finally made it to a building. I wanted to turn and run, but, the officers shoved me into the building. The sight of the place made me want to cruel up into a ball. There were huge guys in handcuffs cuffed to a bench. How could this day turn so horrible. The guys shoved me over to an empty bench, then hooked a chain up to the handcuffs. They said something, then walked away, leaving me alone.
I sat on a cold steel bench, the guard had tied my hands together. A chain connected from the cuffs to the bench. My face burned red with humiliation. I looked up as a guy walked over to me.
He was wearing a nova corps officer uniform. "What's your name boy?" A asked in an eerie clam way.
"Uh..." My voice trailed off, if there was one thing that Yondu taught me was, don't give out your real information if you get caught. "My name is Bjorn Winchester." I had hoped he would believe my lie.
"Okay, Bjorn. Now, who are your parents?" He asked, folding his arms over his chest. It kind of felt like how criminals get interrogated by the FBI back on Terra.
"My mom ended up dying in a fire and my father had gotten arrested when I was three years old. I later got kidnapped when I was ten years old. Since then, I've pretty much been on my own." It was kind of true, my mom did die. I don't know anything about my dad. And, I had been kidnapped by Yondu's crew.
"So, that would explain why you have taken the criminal path." The nova corps officer demanded.
I gave him a confused look, "but, I."
"Don't even try to come up with an excuse. I know you were trying to rape that girl. What I don't understand is, why did you try to do it in broad daylight."
"But, I didn't try to rape her. She came on to me, I was only kissing her." I tried to defend myself.
"Nonsense, I know you tried to rape my daughter." He thundered. I stared at him wide-eyed, this was the girl's father. I'm screwed!
"I wasn't trying to rape her, that's not the type of person I am." A quick stinging slap across the face cut me off. The salty taste of blood filled my mouth. When the guys hand-made contact with my face, my cheek ended up getting cut by my tooth.
"I'm tired of your lying, brat! I can promise you this, I'll make sure you won't be getting out of here any time soon." With that, he turned around, walking off.
I tried to bring my hand up to my face, but, the chain prevented me from lifting up my hand. Tears slowly raced down my face, there was no way Yondu would come for me now. Please Yondu, please help me I silently begged. WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU HAD GOTTEN ARRESTED? Yondu's words rang in my head from an accident that happened a while back. They would take you away from us, we wouldn't have been able to get you back. More tears streamed down my face. What would I have done if I lost you? You're my son, I love you, I can't lose you. I let out a sob, I would never be able to get back.
"Who is this young man?" A tall woman with white hair asked a couple of officers.
"His name is Bjorn, it's said that he raped a girl, nova prime. He said that he's been living on his own for the last few years." One of the officers replied.
"Hum," Nova prime walked over to where I was chained. She knelt down in front of me. "Tell me Bjorn, did you rape that girl?" She asked, looking me straight in the eye.
"No, she came on to me, she just started kissing me. I would never rape someone, please, you have to believe me."
She nodded, then stood up. "I believe you kid," she turned back over to where the two officers were standing. "Please give me the key to Mr. Bjorns cuffs." The guys hesitated a second, before handing over a key. She knelt next to me again, she undid the cuffs. "Please follow me," she said before walking off down the hallway.
I glanced over at the guys, then jogged after Nova Prime. I didn't know where we were going, but, anywhere was better than here. I ran my tongue over the cut, it was still bleeding, but, not as bad.
"I need to file some paper work for you, then we can find a suitable home for you."
"What?" I instantly stopped walking, there was no where I was going to stay with another family.
Nova prime turned around, "it will be okay. I know you've been on your own for a while now, but, a kid your age needs a family to watch over you. You need a family who is willing to love you and to care of you."
I took a deep breath, then nodded. Whenever I got the chance, I would have to try to make a run for it. I don't know how I would do it, but, I couldn't stay here. I had to find Kraglin. I started following her again, I counted to three in my head, spun around, then took off running down the hall way. I could hear Nova Prime yelling for me to stop, but I wasn't going to stop any time soon.
"HEY!" The guy who slapped me stepped out of one of the offices, trying to block my path. Little did they know, I had gotten good at getting away from Yondu and Kraglin when I was first captured by them. Before I got to the guy, I jumped down, sliding under the guy. I stood back up, and continued running. It had been a while since I ran like this, good thing for adrenaline rushes. I could hear the inmates shouting at me to run, I bet this was the most entertainment they've seen in a while. I dodged a couple more officers. I took a sharp right turn, the exit was just right there. All I had to do was to keep running. I glanced back, there were several officers running after me, if I managed to get into the crowd, I would be able to lose them. I threw the doors open, as I ran outside. I weaved my way through the busy crowd. I didn't know where I was going, all I knew was that I had to find my way back to the ship. I glanced back behind me, trying to see where the officers were at. When I was looking behind me, I ran right into someone, causing me to fall on my back. I coughed, gasping for breath. I looked up, there stood two very pissed off Yondu and Kraglin, "Yondu." I said breathlessly.
"Don't," Yondu growled, he grabbed my arm, dragging me to my feet. "Don't you dare talk," he roughly dragged me behind him, as he made his way through the crowd. I wanted to say something, but, knew better. I just hoped that when we got back to the ship, they would let me explain what had happened. I didn't do anything wrong, Okay, maybe I stepped out of the store, but, it was only for a few minutes. I didn't know that Lilith would say those things about me. It wasn't long until we reached the ship, at the pace were we're walking, I'm surprised we hadn't reached it before now.
"I can't believe you would do something like this!" Yondu said, as he roughly dragged me into the ship. He landed several stinging swats to my backside, making me yelp.
"Ow, Yondu, I'm sorry. Just let me explain," I begged. I threw my free hand behind me, to cover my backside, trying to prevent anymore swats. The crew glared at me, they looked just as pissed. Yondu let go of my arm, he stared at me, making me feel rejected.
"SIXTY THOUSAND UNITS! That's how much money you made us loose. I can't believe you would have pulled such a stupid stunt like this."
"I didn't mean to," I whispered. I took a deep breath, "I didn't do anything." I snapped back. It was frustrating that they never believed me. They always jumped to conclusions. "It's NOT my fault, that you lost that fucking money." I said rudely. "If..." I was cut off my Yondu slapping me hard across the face. It felt like a boulder had hit me.
I fell to the floor, cradling my cheek. In all the years of my life, I had never felt pain like this. Tears filled my eyes, making my vision go blurry.
"Peter," Yondu whispered. He stared at me, not believing what he had just done. Never in his life did he think he would ever do that to the kid. The look on Peter's face would haunt him for life. It was a look of both hurt and betrayal. He reached his hand out, trying to comfort me.
I didn't wait for him to finish, I dashed off to my room, not wanting to be around them. I shut my door, locked it, then jumped on my bed. I buried my face into my pillow, tears quickly made a pool of water on it. I took a shaky breath then looked around my room. I quickly made up my mind, then jumped off of the bed. I started throwing a few things of clothes and the Walkman into my bag. Once I had everything packed, I stood up on the bed, which was right under the air vent. It had been a while since I had been in the vents, but, I knew it like the back of my hand. There was a vent that led to the outside, once I got there, I would be able to run into town. It's a good thing we haven't left yet. I thought to myslef.